Sharp County record., 1887-12-22

The Arkansas Democrat adyipioT 1e
people Of the state to stick to - 90 oO,nl
constitution. ashingtOn Press.
Has the Democrat made change? II
so, when did it occur? If we remember
correctly the Democrat advocated a new
constitution very few months ago.
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Good meu pay all the taxes of bad.
Virtuous men pay the State bills of diss'
pated men. Patriotic men pay all the
war bills OF unpatriotic citizens. Citizens
that stay at home pay the expenses of
rToliticians that 60 racketing about the
st. John the EvSothing but mischief
Goth, the venerable Arcn,,
officiating as consecrator. -
THE mayor and councilmen Of Lincoln,
Neb., are in Jail at Omaha for contempt Of
court in disobeying an order of Judge
Brewer. They will ask the Supreme Court
for writ of habeas corpus.
NJ GAUNT, q wealthy negro resident OF
Portage County, O., has decided his prop
erty, valued at $4,000, to Wilberforce
University. That institution is pioneer
Of its class and is a leading negro college.
THE passengers of the steamer Britain
MIA from Mediterranean ports, who were
detained at quarantine in New York in
the belief that some Of them would de.
velop cholera, were allowed to land on the
Goth.
THB Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
road Company is said to be considering a
policy of extensions and connections,
under its own control, that will give it
an unbroken line from the Atlantic and
Pacific.
REV. EDWARD ANDERSON (the fighting
parson), pastor of the First COngrega-
tonal church at Norwalk, Conn.,, was in
stalled as chaplain-in.chi of the Grand
Army of the Republic of the United
States on the Goth.
THE coal agents of the Pennsylvania
railroad aud the officials of the Reading
--NOdl anu IL Ou COMPANY iiNS''he5' Sh
was the most bSfief aa6cumens no t advance
monitYAp month Q. to the PEI -
THE King Of Corea will ediately
dispatch ministers to England, France,
Germany, Russia and America. The con-
sent of China to this arrangement was
gwen with the greatest reluctance. 1t is
believed that Russian agents instigated
the Kings action.
THE Anarchists of Chicago have pre-.
pared a rabid circular for distribution
among the workingmen. 1t is headed
with the single word eight" The circu-
lar denounces the anarchists trial and
execution, and declares nothing but force
will win. 1t urges preparation" for the
revolution"
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ELECT JOHN R.
FELLows, of New York, says that he was
little surprised at the decision of the
Court of Appeals in the Sharpe case.
With the five points of testimony which
the Court of Appeals had ruled out there
was enough evidence left he thinks, to
convict Sharpe.
A RUMoR was published in New York on
the Both to the effect that Nine. Patti
would be unable to sing again, being con-
fined to her castle in Wales, suffering
from cancer of tho stomach. 1t is known
that she has long been suffering from
dyspepsia, but those who are most likely
to know discredit the rumor.
SUPERINTENDENT BELL Of the forei ign
mail service, is informed by Minister
Romero that the Mexican Government
has completed its regulations for expedt-
ing parcels Of merchandise received in the
mails from the United States and that
there viii be no further delays in the
delivery of such matter because of
customs regulations.
AT the afternoon session of the trial of
Most, the Anarchist, in New York on the
2Sth Judge Cowiny announced that he
had received threatening letter. 1t was
one that he should disregard. The letter
read : "If you charge against Herr Most
you will die. Death for all officers is
their due" Another letter reminded the
judge that Sharpe should 90 to Sing Sing
before Most is again imprisoned.
In the distribution of desks to the Sena-
tors at Washington the one which for
years served Mr.. Roscoe Conkling has
been given to Mr.. VIM. E. Chandler, and
it Is singular sort of q coincidence that
the desk which Mr.. Blaine had, after hav-
ing been used by different Senators in
different locations, has now fallen to Mr..
Hale, his successor, and that it occupies
the same position it did when Mr.. Blaine
used it in the Senate.
THE Life-Saving establishment EN-
braced at the cl ose of the fiscal year 2lS
stations, rs follows: Oae hundred and
sixty-six on the Atlantic, forty.four on
the lakes, seven on the Pacific and one at
!. the falls of the Ohio, Louisville, XIV. The
i lumber of disasters to documented ves-
ans reported within the field of station
Under 7,tions during thu year was 332. On
.hese vessels were o 327 persons, of
rs ny 's72 were saved and ffty-fvs lost.
,ues of the Government from
gs, and lndiSing the month of Novem-
siness methods pa about $50, 800, OOO,, being
,ts, ,.sos 9nd ID prosperity P,.sements during the
heavy and nearly
hat any good citin> 70; it has. bal. 1t is es.
ocrat, should lend it a. -: 'ent that